On my 'To Do Someday' list....

I was having dinner with longtime friend Tom P this evening, as he was returning from a business trip to Hamilton (Ohio). At one point in the conversation, we were discussing the works of Todd Rundgren, and he mentioned "Singring And The Glass Guitar", from the "Ra" album. It's an (I think) 18-minute story song -- an electrified fairy tale, as it's subtitled -- which features each of the four members in the band Utopia: Todd Rundren (guitar), Kasim Sulton (bass), Willie Wilcox (drums) and Roger Powell (keyboards).

The story: The muse Singring is kidnapped and trapped in a glass guitar, locked with 4 locks. The keys to these locks are scattered across the four directions of the earth. 4 brave adventurers -- the members of the band -- take on their own hero's journey in search of these keys. The journeys correspond to the 4 elements -- earth, air, fire, water. (Lyrics here.)

This is a song I'd love to perform someday, in a concert at a filk or science fiction convention. But the song demands 4 strong musicians, as each performer sings and plays solo. Near the end, as they come together, they sing in 4-part counterpoint. It also requires a narrator. I'd take the keyboard part (after much rehearsal and practice). But who would be able and willing to fill the other 3 parts? I was thinking of the guys in Ookla, and markbernstein as the narrator. Or are there others out there in the filk community who have the chops to perform this with me?